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Herman Cain's shifting responses to the sexual harassment allegations have not been helpful in ending questions about what actually occurred and whether he had any idea that a cash settlement was given to at least one of the women who brought the complaint. While many conservatives are indeed using this as an occasion to charge the liberal media with bias or with raising issues about African American Republicans that they might have dismissed or ignored had the person been a Democrat, they cannot be comfortable with a candidate who has to address this kind of issue instead of the serious economic and political problems confronting the country. Particularly for a candidate who is having trouble being taken seriously, this is only going to degrade his already minimal capacity to mount a successful campaign.

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